Jerónimo Valdés (1784–1855) was a Spanish military figure and administrator. Born in Villarín, in

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensi ...

, he participated in the battle of Ayacucho (1824), which was a defeat for the Spanish. He served as Viceroy of

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

from 1833 to 1834 and also served as Minister of War. He fought on the Liberal (Isabeline) side in the First Carlist War. Valdés lost the

Battle of Artaza The Battle of Artaza (''Acción de Artaza'') occurred on 20–22 April 1835 during the First Carlist War. Jerónimo Valdés, at the time Minister of War, arrived at the area known as Las Amescoas with 22,000 men with the intention of definitivel ...

(22 April 1835). Valdés signed the

Lord Eliot Convention The Lord Eliot Convention, or simply the Eliot Convention or Eliot Treaty ( es, Convenio Lord Eliot), was an April 1835 agreement brokered by Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans between the two opposing sides of the First Carlist War. It had a ...

soon after, regulating the treatment of prisoners during that war. He later served as captain-general of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, and of

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, and served as governor of Cuba from 1841 to September 1843.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes, Jeronimo Royalists in the Hispanic American Revolution Governors of Cuba Captain Generals of Galicia People from Asturias Spanish generals Military personnel of the First Carlist War People of the Spanish colonial Americas Viceroys of Navarre 1784 births 1855 deaths 19th-century South American people